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{
"obscenely":{
"as in unreasonably , unbearably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extortionately",
"inexcusably",
"unbearably",
"unconscionably",
"unreasonably",
"extravagantly",
"immoderately",
"intemperately",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"devilishly",
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"intolerably",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"too",
"unacceptably",
"unduly",
"abnormally",
"extraordinarily",
"freakishly",
"singularly",
"uncommonly",
"uncustomarily",
"unusually",
"astronomically",
"considerably",
"deadly",
"eminently",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"incredibly",
"mightily",
"remarkably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"very",
"whacking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"acceptably",
"moderately",
"modestly",
"reasonably",
"temperately",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"meagerly",
"minimally",
"scantily",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"obscurantic":{
"as in hazy , obfuscatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obscured":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"an obscured area of the prison yard that was the perfect escape route"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"related":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"examples":[
"the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
],
"related":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
],
"examples":[
"when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"obscureness":{
"as in ambiguity , obscurity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"murkiness",
"nebulousness",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"quibbling",
"circumlocution",
"equivocation",
"shuffle",
"tergiversation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obscures":{
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"examples":[
"the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"related":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses",
"veils"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"lightens",
"lights (up)"
],
"examples":[
"when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes",
"reveals",
"uncovers",
"unveils"
],
"related":[
"adumbrates",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"eclipses",
"hides",
"obliterates",
"screens",
"shades",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"masks",
"veils"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blackens",
"blears",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dislimns",
"fogs",
"fuzzes (up)",
"hazes",
"mists",
"overcasts",
"overclouds",
"overshadows",
"shadows",
"shrouds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obscurity":{
"the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her novels were favored by gullible critics who confuse obscurity with profundity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intelligibility",
"understandability",
"clarity",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"self-evidence",
"straightforwardness",
"transparency"
],
"related":[
"deepness",
"profundity",
"darkness",
"murkiness",
"shadowiness",
"vagueness",
"ambiguity",
"equivocality",
"equivocalness",
"incomprehensibility",
"unintelligibility",
"unintelligibleness",
"inexplicability",
"inexplicableness",
"unanswerability",
"unknowability",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"esotericism",
"hermetism",
"reconditeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrability",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"mysteriousness",
"numinousness",
"uncanniness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
"antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
],
"examples":[
"the singer languished in relative obscurity for years before becoming famous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"related":[
"oblivion",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"invisibleness",
"insignificance",
"unpopularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"silence"
]
},
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
],
"examples":[
"the 16th-century astrologer's predictions are so filled with obscurity that people can interpret them any way they want"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"related":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obsequy":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"examples":[
"the murder victim's father was the chief mourner at the obsequies"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"sepulture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observable":{
"capable of being seen":{
"antonyms":[
"invisible",
"sightless",
"viewless"
],
"examples":[
"scientists often work with phenomena that are not directly observable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"melted",
"vanished",
"vaporized",
"imperceptible",
"indiscernible",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobservable",
"faint",
"inconspicuous",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"unobtrusive",
"vague",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"latent",
"obscure",
"shrouded"
],
"related":[
"viewable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"perceptible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"overt",
"patent",
"perceivable",
"plain",
"prominent",
"striking",
"exposed",
"external",
"outer",
"outward",
"superficial"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"seeable",
"visible",
"visual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
"antonyms":[
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
],
"examples":[
"a man who apparently was devoid of any observable virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"related":[
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable"
]
}
},
"observance":{
"a state of being aware":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you've been doing any significant housecleaning, it has escaped my observance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"related":[
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"recognition",
"thought",
"understanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observation"
]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some religions require very specific observances on holy days"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amenities",
"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"form",
"formality",
"rite",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
]
},
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"contravention",
"infraction",
"infringement",
"nonobservance",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation"
],
"examples":[
"the observance of this family tradition would make your grandmother very happy",
"observance of the smoking ban in public buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-off",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"forgetting",
"neglect",
"overlooking",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"wrong",
"challenge",
"defiance",
"flouting",
"rebellion"
],
"related":[
"deference",
"honor",
"regard",
"respect",
"upholding",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"submission",
"surrender",
"attendance",
"attention",
"heed",
"notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"adherence",
"compliance",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"keeping",
"obedience",
"observation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observant":{
"paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"if you were more observant , you would perceive that something is troubling her deeply"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"Argus-eyed",
"attentive",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sensitive",
"cognizant",
"heedful",
"keen",
"mindful",
"observing",
"regardful",
"sharp",
"sharp-eyed",
"hyperalert",
"hypervigilant",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"wary",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"absorbed",
"abstracted",
"daydreaming",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"sleeping",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unprepared",
"unready"
],
"antonyms":[
"asleep"
]
},
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"observant viewers will notice that the position of hero's facial wound changes in the course of the scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"observing":{
"as in accompanying , participating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"participating",
"attending",
"in",
"present",
"available",
"abounding",
"latent",
"breathing",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"live"
],
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"absent",
"away",
"missing",
"out",
"departed",
"gone",
"retired",
"nonexistent",
"AWOL",
"truant",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"lost",
"vanished",
"belated",
"delayed",
"delinquent",
"late",
"overdue",
"tardy"
],
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},
"as in aware , vigilant":{
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"alert",
"attentive",
"aware",
"observant",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"sighted",
"clear-sighted",
"eagle-eyed",
"hawkeyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless",
"astigmatic",
"myopic",
"nearsighted",
"shortsighted",
"purblind"
],
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},
"as in observation , monitoring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"monitoring",
"observance",
"observation",
"policing",
"care",
"charge",
"guidance",
"headship",
"oversight",
"regulation",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision",
"surveillance",
"administration",
"control",
"direction",
"generalship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"running",
"leadership",
"piloting",
"shepherding",
"steering",
"government",
"reign",
"rule",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspices",
"guardianship",
"protection",
"trusteeship",
"tutelage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"you must observe all the rules of this school, not simply the ones that meet with your personal approval"
],
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"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)"
]
},
"to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony":{
"examples":[
"a time when few people in New England observed Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrating",
"commemorating",
"keeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"sanctifying",
"solemnizing",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"memorializing",
"remembering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyeing",
"eying",
"following",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholding",
"looking",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"viewing",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"looking on",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring",
"guarding",
"waking",
"warding",
"bird-dogging",
"monitoring",
"studying",
"spying",
"espying",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinking",
"winking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"\"I think you might be mistaken,\" he observed"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"commenting",
"editorializing",
"noting",
"opining",
"reflecting",
"remarking",
"weighing in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentating",
"articulating",
"expressing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she observed that the weather had changed again"
],
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"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"generally observes the suggestions of the experts regarding baby care"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"minding",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"contemplating",
"mulling",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"respecting",
"attending (to)",
"harking (to)",
"hearing",
"hearkening (to)",
"harkening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"seeing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"neglecting",
"passing over",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"flouting",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"obsess":{
"to hold one's attention to an extreme degree":{
"examples":[
"The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obsessed":{
"having extreme or relentless concern":{
"examples":[
"the youngster was so obsessed with video games that he had little interest in playing outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"happy",
"hung up",
"queer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"distracted",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"full",
"involved",
"knee-deep",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"prepossessed",
"worried",
"ardent",
"crazy",
"dotty",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"foolish",
"impassioned",
"nuts",
"passionate",
"silly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"casual",
"cool",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"uninvolved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold one's attention to an extreme degree":{
"examples":[
"The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"busied",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"obsessed (about or over)":{
"as in brooded (about or over) , fixated (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brooded (about or over)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"cleaved (to)",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"stuck (to)",
"carried",
"kept",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"remembered",
"retained",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"supported",
"sustained",
"bore",
"cherished",
"entertained",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"nursed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"dropped",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"abjured",
"declined",
"denied",
"disdained",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"scorned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"parted (with)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"renounced",
"threw out",
"erased",
"expunged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obsolescent":{
"as in aging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obstructed":{
"as in blocked , impeded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"objectionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"obstinacy":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"the mindless obstinacy of those people who continue to insist that the earth is flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obstacle":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"stumbling on all the obstacles along the path"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"related":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obsequiousness":{
"as in subservience , servility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"conformity",
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observational":{
"based on observation or experience":{
"examples":[
"her reports on the great apes were based on firsthand observational evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"empirical",
"empiric",
"existential",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"factual",
"genuine",
"hard",
"material",
"real",
"accepted",
"established",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"indisputable",
"undeniable",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"unproven",
"unsubstantiated",
"metaphysical",
"transcendentalist",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obsessive":{
"caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge":{
"examples":[
"intrigued by the man's obsessive counting of everyday objects"
],
"synonyms":[
"besetting",
"compulsive",
"driven",
"impulsive",
"obsessional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irrepressible",
"uncontrollable",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"reflex",
"spontaneous",
"conditioned",
"mechanical",
"unconscious",
"unthinking",
"unwitting",
"capricious",
"unpredictable",
"whimsical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"willful",
"wilful",
"controllable",
"manageable",
"resistible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obsessing":{
"to hold one's attention to an extreme degree":{
"examples":[
"The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obstetrician":{
"a medical professional who specializes in obstetrics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"midwife",
"nurse-midwife",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"ophthalmologist",
"optometrist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"general practitioner",
"attending",
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"specialist",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"EMT",
"paramedic",
"paramedical",
"physical therapist",
"physiotherapist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obstruct":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obsoleteness":{
"as in obsolescence , old-fashionedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antiquation",
"datedness",
"obsolescence",
"old-fashionedness",
"age",
"agedness",
"ancientness",
"antiquity",
"hoariness",
"fustiness",
"agelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"newness",
"currency",
"currentness",
"freshness",
"modernity",
"modernness",
"novelty",
"recentness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obscurant":{
"as in hazy , obfuscatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"observe":{
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"you must observe all the rules of this school, not simply the ones that meet with your personal approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)"
]
},
"to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony":{
"examples":[
"a time when few people in New England observed Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrate",
"commemorate",
"keep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"sanctify",
"solemnize",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"memorialize",
"remember"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow off",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye",
"follow",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"look",
"perceive",
"regard",
"see",
"view",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"look on",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare",
"guard",
"wake",
"ward",
"bird-dog",
"monitor",
"study",
"spy",
"espy",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"wink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"\"I think you might be mistaken,\" he observed"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"comment",
"editorialize",
"note",
"opine",
"reflect",
"remark",
"weigh in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentate",
"articulate",
"express",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she observed that the weather had changed again"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"generally observes the suggestions of the experts regarding baby care"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mind",
"note",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obsessions":{
"something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{
"examples":[
"her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"fixations",
"id\u00e9es fixes",
"manias",
"preoccupations",
"prepossessions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monomanias",
"complexes",
"hang-ups",
"problems",
"trips",
"appetites",
"caco\u00ebtheses",
"compulsions",
"cravings",
"desires",
"drives",
"enthusiasms",
"fascinations",
"hungers",
"infatuations",
"itches",
"longings",
"lusts",
"passions",
"thirsts",
"urges",
"yearnings",
"yens",
"idiosyncrasies",
"quirks",
"bents",
"dispositions",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathies",
"disregards",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obstructions":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"an obstruction in the drain has the water all backed up"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obsesses":{
"to hold one's attention to an extreme degree":{
"examples":[
"The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"observers":{
"someone who sees or watches something":{
"examples":[
"observers of the boxing match seemed to be divided as to who won"
],
"synonyms":[
"bystanders",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"viewers",
"watchers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eyewitnesses",
"witnesses",
"peepers",
"spies",
"voyeurs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obsessive-compulsive":{
"as in paranoid , neurotic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"overanxious",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"fixated",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unneurotic",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obsequiously":{
"as in servilely , subserviently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"obscuring":{
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"papering over",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"suppressing",
"veiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burying",
"camouflaging",
"covering (up)",
"smothering",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blocking",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bringing out",
"presenting",
"clarifying",
"illuminating",
"advertising",
"airing",
"broadcasting",
"getting out",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"spreading"
],
"antonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"displaying",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blackening",
"blearing",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dislimning",
"fogging",
"fuzzing (up)",
"hazing",
"misting",
"overcasting",
"overclouding",
"overshadowing",
"shadowing",
"shrouding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"blotting out",
"concealing",
"eclipsing",
"hiding",
"obliterating",
"screening",
"shading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"masking",
"veiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposing",
"revealing",
"uncovering",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"lightening",
"lighting (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obsessional":{
"caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge":{
"examples":[
"had an obsessional need to be liked by everybody"
],
"synonyms":[
"besetting",
"compulsive",
"driven",
"impulsive",
"obsessive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irrepressible",
"uncontrollable",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"reflex",
"spontaneous",
"conditioned",
"mechanical",
"unconscious",
"unthinking",
"unwitting",
"capricious",
"unpredictable",
"whimsical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"willful",
"wilful",
"controllable",
"manageable",
"resistible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obsessive-compulsives":{
"as in paranoid , neurotic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"overanxious",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"fixated",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unneurotic",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obsess (about or over)":{
"as in brood (about or over) , fixate (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brood (about or over)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"cleave (to)",
"cling (to)",
"hug",
"stick (to)",
"carry",
"keep",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"remember",
"retain",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurture",
"support",
"sustain",
"bear",
"cherish",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"nurse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"drop",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"abjure",
"decline",
"deny",
"disdain",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"scorn",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"give up",
"part (with)",
"quit",
"renounce",
"throw out",
"erase",
"expunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obsessed (over)":{
"as in fixated (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixated (on)",
"attended",
"heeded",
"minded",
"refocused",
"aimed",
"directed",
"homed (in on)",
"honed in (on)",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"nailed",
"pointed",
"set",
"zeroed (in on)",
"centered",
"concentrated",
"fastened",
"focused",
"focussed",
"riveted",
"trained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obstinateness":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"regardless of the issue, she holds onto her position with an obstinateness that would exhaust the patience of a saint"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observations":{
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
"examples":[
"a society in which a strict observation of business etiquette is expected of visiting foreigners"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"adherences",
"compliances",
"conformances",
"conformities",
"obediences",
"observances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferences",
"honors",
"regards",
"respects",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"submissions",
"surrenders",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"heeds",
"notices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"disregards",
"delinquencies",
"derelictions",
"neglects",
"offenses",
"offences",
"sins",
"wrongs",
"challenges",
"defiances",
"rebellions"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaches",
"contraventions",
"infractions",
"infringements",
"nonobservances",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observatory":{
"a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible":{
"examples":[
"the observatory is located on a mountaintop"
],
"synonyms":[
"lookout",
"outlook",
"overlook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aerie",
"crow's nest",
"tower",
"watchtower",
"promontory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obscene":{
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"obscene gestures are totally inappropriate in the workplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"that ugly new store is really an obscene bit of architecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obstreperousness":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"the toddler occasionally felt the need to demonstrate her independence with a foot-stamping obstreperousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obscenities":{
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
"examples":[
"uttered a loud obscenity when he dropped the hammer on his toe"
],
"synonyms":[
"curses",
"cusses",
"cusswords",
"dirty words",
"expletives",
"four-letter words",
"profanities",
"swears",
"swearwords",
"vulgarisms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawdries",
"languages",
"scurrilities",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"epithets",
"names",
"oaths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obsessing (about or over)":{
"as in brooding (about or over) , fixating (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brooding (about or over)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"cleaving (to)",
"clinging (to)",
"hugging",
"sticking (to)",
"carrying",
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"preserving",
"remembering",
"retaining",
"treasuring",
"cultivating",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"bearing",
"cherishing",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"having",
"holding",
"nursing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"dropping",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"abjuring",
"declining",
"denying",
"disdaining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"scorning",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discarding",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"parting (with)",
"quitting",
"renouncing",
"throwing out",
"erasing",
"expunging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obsess (over)":{
"as in fixate (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixate (on)",
"attend",
"heed",
"mind",
"refocus",
"aim",
"direct",
"home (in on)",
"hone in (on)",
"level",
"nail",
"point",
"set",
"zero (in on)",
"center",
"concentrate",
"fasten",
"focus",
"rivet",
"train"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"observed":{
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"you must observe all the rules of this school, not simply the ones that meet with your personal approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)"
]
},
"to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony":{
"examples":[
"a time when few people in New England observed Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrated",
"commemorated",
"kept"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"sanctified",
"solemnized",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"memorialized",
"remembered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew off",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke",
"transgressed",
"violated"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyed",
"followed",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beheld",
"looked",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"saw",
"viewed",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gazed",
"glared",
"goggled",
"looked on",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared",
"guarded",
"warded",
"woke",
"waked",
"bird-dogged",
"monitored",
"studied",
"spied",
"espied",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinked",
"winked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"\"I think you might be mistaken,\" he observed"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"commented",
"editorialized",
"noted",
"opined",
"reflected",
"remarked",
"weighed in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentated",
"articulated",
"expressed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she observed that the weather had changed again"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"generally observes the suggestions of the experts regarding baby care"
],
"synonyms":[
"followed",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"minded",
"noted",
"regarded",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"contemplated",
"mulled",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"kept",
"obeyed",
"respected",
"attended (to)",
"harked (to)",
"heard",
"hearkened (to)",
"harkened (to)",
"marked",
"noticed",
"saw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"neglected",
"passed over",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"defied",
"flouted",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"tuned out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obstinate":{
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"the child was obstinate about wanting that specific toy, despite being offered several others"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obsesses (about or over)":{
"as in broods (about or over) , fixates (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broods (about or over)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"cleaves (to)",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"sticks (to)",
"carries",
"keeps",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"remembers",
"retains",
"treasures",
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"supports",
"sustains",
"bears",
"cherishes",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"nurses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"drops",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"abjures",
"declines",
"denies",
"disdains",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"scorns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"parts (with)",
"quits",
"renounces",
"throws out",
"erases",
"expunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obstructing":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogging",
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocking",
"choking",
"clogging",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing",
"furring",
"silting",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"observes":{
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"you must observe all the rules of this school, not simply the ones that meet with your personal approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)"
]
},
"to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony":{
"examples":[
"a time when few people in New England observed Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrates",
"commemorates",
"keeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"sanctifies",
"solemnizes",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"memorializes",
"remembers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows off",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks",
"transgresses",
"violates"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyes",
"follows",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholds",
"looks",
"perceives",
"regards",
"sees",
"views",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gazes",
"glares",
"goggles",
"looks on",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares",
"guards",
"wakes",
"wards",
"bird-dogs",
"monitors",
"studies",
"spies",
"espies",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinks",
"winks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"\"I think you might be mistaken,\" he observed"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"comments",
"editorializes",
"notes",
"opines",
"reflects",
"remarks",
"weighs in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentates",
"articulates",
"expresses",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she observed that the weather had changed again"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"generally observes the suggestions of the experts regarding baby care"
],
"synonyms":[
"follows",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"minds",
"notes",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"contemplates",
"mulls",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"respects",
"attends (to)",
"harks (to)",
"hearkens (to)",
"hears",
"marks",
"notices",
"sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"neglects",
"passes over",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"flouts",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"tunes out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"observances":{
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
"examples":[
"the observance of this family tradition would make your grandmother very happy",
"observance of the smoking ban in public buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"adherences",
"compliances",
"conformances",
"conformities",
"obediences",
"observations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferences",
"honors",
"regards",
"respects",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"submissions",
"surrenders",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"heeds",
"notices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"disregards",
"delinquencies",
"derelictions",
"neglects",
"offenses",
"offences",
"sins",
"wrongs",
"challenges",
"defiances",
"rebellions"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaches",
"contraventions",
"infractions",
"infringements",
"nonobservances",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations"
]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"some religions require very specific observances on holy days"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonials",
"ceremonies",
"formalities",
"forms",
"rites",
"rituals",
"solemnities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocols",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"standards",
"traditions",
"ways",
"celebrations",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obstacles":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"stumbling on all the obstacles along the path"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obstetricians":{
"a medical professional who specializes in obstetrics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"midwives",
"nurse-midwives",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observation":{
"a state of being aware":{
"examples":[
"it has come to my observation that you've been missing a lot of school lately"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"recognition",
"thought",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
"examples":[
"a society in which a strict observation of business etiquette is expected of visiting foreigners"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"adherence",
"compliance",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"keeping",
"obedience",
"observance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deference",
"honor",
"regard",
"respect",
"upholding",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"submission",
"surrender",
"attendance",
"attention",
"heed",
"notice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-off",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"forgetting",
"neglect",
"overlooking",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"wrong",
"challenge",
"defiance",
"flouting",
"rebellion"
],
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"contravention",
"infraction",
"infringement",
"nonobservance",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"obsolete":{
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"I was told my old printer is obsolete and I can't get replacement parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
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},
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]
}
}